Dynatrac axle & stock antisway bar

[robert-r]

I'm installing a rear Dynatrac 60 axle in an '01 TJ. It's replacing the stock D44.
I bought the axle used & it's setup for a TJ w/ all brackets & etc. However, the anti-sway bar is too small. Won't fit over the pumpkin.
I called Dynatrac about this & they say to fab an L-bracket & that should do it.
I've stared & thought & positioned the sway bar here & there & for the life of me - I'm too dense to "see" what I need to do.
Has anyone experience w/ this install & can offer some advise? Maybe post or e-mail a few pics?
Thanks, Bob

[ne14jpn]

There is a very simple answer to this: Don't run one.

[JohnnyJ]

what I did:

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=131799&stc=1&d=1086931360

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=131797&stc=1&d=1086931279

Just used a piece of 2x2 to move the bar up a couple of inches so it wouldn't interfere.

[pitchitpitchit]

Have you tried running the rear swaybar upside down. My TJ rear swaybar didn't fit on the top of HP 9" but fit upside down.

[badyjman]

I would'nt have wasted my time. I would've just scrapped it and ran the jeep without the sway bar.

[BassPlaya799]

I have a TJ with a RE 4.5" superflex kit for a daily driver, and with a stock front swaybar connected and no rear swaybar i don't notice ANY difference on the road, and considerably more flex in the rear off road. I would run disconnects on the front swaybar and no rear swaybar if i were you, you'll be glad you didn't go through the trouble of fabbing brackets for a swaybar that does nothing but limit your travel off road.

[Joel77]

I have a TJ with a RE 4.5" superflex kit for a daily driver, and with a stock front swaybar connected and no rear swaybar i don't notice ANY difference on the road, and considerably more flex in the rear off road. I would run disconnects on the front swaybar and no rear swaybar if i were you, you'll be glad you didn't go through the trouble of fabbing brackets for a swaybar that does nothing but limit your travel off road.

And how does the rear swaybar limit the usable flex???

[JohnnyJ]

I didn't like how the jeep flopped around with the front and rear disconnected. I ran it that way a few times back when I ran the RE LA 5.5", and as I would sidehill it would all of sudden flop to the side. trying the same line with the rear hooked up felt much more stable. probably takes away a little flex, but I want something that works on the trail more than on the ramp.

now that I'm running rear air shocks, it helps to keep the jeep level. I fooled around without a rear swaybar, but the thing would lean way over due to the softness of the shocks. I drove it to work once without the rear swaybar, and as I went through the turning circle at work, my jeep leaned like I had hydraulics and I was in a gangsta video.

With the rear sway bar it levels itself out much better, it climbs like crazy, and I've yet to be denied due to lack of flex. Back when I was running 3" of lift it was no biggy to run disconnected front & rear; but not any more. And for the 30 minutes of fab work and $10 invested, I'm just fine.

[robert-r]

Thanks for the pix & advise.
The pumpkin is too large to turn the thing upside down.
I'm definately going to use an anti-sway bar on the rear axle.
A wheeling buddy of mine tried running w/out one for a while (discoed in front, too) and the body roll on his rig was crazy.
Bob

[Beast40]

Thanks for the pix & advise.
The pumpkin is too large to turn the thing upside down.
I'm definately going to use an anti-sway bar on the rear axle.
A wheeling buddy of mine tried running w/out one for a while (discoed in front, too) and the body roll on his rig was crazy.
Bob



Currie sells a generic antirock that a bunch of people use in the rear. Or you can build your own sway bar, just check out any performance car shop.

[Grnscru]

I had the same problem with mine when I installed the 9". The swaybar was wedged onto the 3rd member and had no movement at all. I just moved the mounting points up a few inches until the bar would clear and rotate properly. Now my only problem is I have to take the swaybar off in order to pull the 3rd member.

[mrblaine]

I have a TJ with a RE 4.5" superflex kit for a daily driver, and with a stock front swaybar connected and no rear swaybar i don't notice ANY difference on the road, and considerably more flex in the rear off road. I would run disconnects on the front swaybar and no rear swaybar if i were you, you'll be glad you didn't go through the trouble of fabbing brackets for a swaybar that does nothing but limit your travel off road.

How was your flex considerably improved with that kit when every iteration of that kit I've wheeled with still stuffed the tires to the sheet metal and bottomed out on the bumpstops WITH the stock rear swaybar?

What is this considerable improvement in travel you speak of?

As far as not noticing any difference on road, run across a few parking lot entrances at an angle. Notice how the back of the rig does that little circle wiggle from the trackbars being opposite from one another? The swaybars dramatically slow that down, so that would be one difference on road.

[AK TJ]

I did what Beast said


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